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Ask A Met: How Does Radar Work?

If there are multiple things out there, say more raindrops, more beams will bounce back. What radar can do is measure the time it takes between emitting that pulse and the pulse coming back. With ...
Radar systems generally consist of a transmitter which can produce electromagnetic signal and which is radiated into space using an antenna. When this signals strikes an object it reflects into many ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) — Have you ever pulled up a weather radar app and spotted blobs of green or blue hovering around Wichita or another city—only to look outside and see nothing but clear skies? If ...